career advice

Whilst many are concerning themselves with the UK’s ‘Brexit’ from the EU and the potential negative impacts, Clinical Professionals’ Academies team have been focussing on the positive movements by government to create talented and skilled professionals through apprenticeships to bolster our Life Science economy – something we know a lot about and have been evangelising

The Clinical Professionals Group are proud to announce that the 2018 salary survey is now available for distribution. The Salary Survey was first created in 2011 when it was recognised there was a need for a comprehensive resource to compare salaries and compensation/benefits for different sectors within the life science industry. This would enable both

Our first Graduate Academy of 2018 has just taken place, with another 4 planned this year. After a rigorous screening process, with around 400 applicants, the best 7 life science graduates made it onto the programme. All were super keen to expand their knowledge and skills, and having successfully passed the course they are ready

In our 2016 Life Science Salary Survey, we have discovered that a staggering 48% of UK respondents believe that their salary does not reflect their current career level. Although the majority believed otherwise, it still shows significant discord and lack of confidence in salaries within the Life Science sector. Many workers, not just those within

You slaved over your CV, ironed out all the wrinkles in your work history, clutched at ways to sum up your brilliance in a succinct yet impressive way and managed to catch every single last spelling mistake. Then after topping it off with a respectful and specifically tailored cover letter, you wait nervously for feedback.

Once you’ve battled your way into the industry and spent a few years building up your experience base you can find yourself in a very comfortable situation indeed. Senior medical writers and account directors upwards command enviable salaries and, due to the talent shortage at their level, can often take their pick of agencies, should

Clinical Professionals are delighted to announce that our 2016 Life Sciences Salary Survey is complete and available for delivery. Nine months in the making, the survey was launched with the aim to analyse industry salaries, coms/benefits for core roles throughout the Life Sciences industry (pharma/biotech/CRO): • Clinical Research • Regulatory Affairs • Drug Safety (pharmacovigilance)

There was something of a definite nip in the air this morning so let’s go ahead and tempt fate a little by further talking about how to prepare for future inclement conditions! The very first step towards achieving commuter sanity is to embrace the inevitable. This is Britain. Weather happens. As does traffic. This is

Ah, that intense work related panic. We’ve all been there. Some important deadline is looming and it’s blotting out everything else on the horizon. But all you need is to get into that mythical “zone” that certain level of focus where everything is supremely easy and the work flows like never before. Not that I’m

We’ve all been there. You put in the preparation, gussied yourself up in your finest pressed suit and did a fantastic job at the interview. And they still turned round and rejected you (if you haven’t then you’re probably insanely talented, incredibly lucky or in possession of killer contacts more than happy to give you